2022 World Wrestling Championships – Men's Greco-Roman 72 kg

Men's Greco-Roman 72 kg at the 2022 World Championships
Venue	Štark Arena
Dates	10–11 September 2022
Competitors	25 from 25 nations
Medalists
Ali Arsalan   Serbia   Ulvu Ganizade   Azerbaijan   Andrii Kulyk   Ukraine   Selçuk Can   Turkey

Main article: 2022 World Wrestling Championships

The men's Greco-Roman 72 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Belgrade, Serbia on 10 and 11 September 2022.

This Greco-Roman wrestling competition consists of a single-elimination tournament, with a repechage used to determine the winner of two bronze medals. The two finalists face off for gold and silver medals. Each wrestler who loses to one of the two finalists moves into the repechage, culminating in a pair of bronze medal matches featuring the semifinal losers each facing the remaining repechage opponent from their half of the bracket.

Results

Legend

• F — Won by fall
• WO — Won by walkover

Final

	Final
	Ali Arsalan (SRB)	7
	Ulvu Ganizade (AZE)	4

Top half

	Round of 32				Round of 16				Quarterfinals				Semifinals
					Kristupas Šleiva (LTU)	6
	Matias Lipasti (FIN)	5			Matias Lipasti (FIN)	3
	Mirzobek Rakhmatov (UZB)	5							Kristupas Šleiva (LTU)	0
	Ali Arsalan (SRB)	11							Ali Arsalan (SRB)	9
	Andrii Kulyk (UKR)	2			Ali Arsalan (SRB)	7
	Benji Peak (USA)	1			Róbert Fritsch (HUN)	3
	Róbert Fritsch (HUN)	3											Ali Arsalan (SRB)	5F
													Ibrahim Ghanem (FRA)	1
					Valentin Petic (MDA)	9
	Alejandro Varela (GUA)	11			Alejandro Varela (GUA)	0
	Arnaud Mambou (CGO)	0							Valentin Petic (MDA)	0
	Jakub Bielesz (CZE)	0							Ibrahim Ghanem (FRA)	6
	Ibrahim Ghanem (FRA)	8			Ibrahim Ghanem (FRA)	7
					Mohammad Reza Mokhtari (IRI)	3

Bottom half

	Round of 32				Round of 16				Quarterfinals				Semifinals
					Gevorg Sahakyan (POL)	4
	Shmagi Bolkvadze (GEO)	2			Shmagi Bolkvadze (GEO)	3
	Vikas Dalal (IND)	1							Gevorg Sahakyan (POL)	1
	Lee Ji-yeon (KOR)	6							Selçuk Can (TUR)	3
	Pavel Puklavec (CRO)	3			Lee Ji-yeon (KOR)	3
					Selçuk Can (TUR)	3
													Selçuk Can (TUR)	3
													Ulvu Ganizade (AZE)	4
					Deyvid Dimitrov (BUL)	3
	Reagan Ndombasi (COD)				Samuel Bellscheidt (GER)	2
	Samuel Bellscheidt (GER)	WO							Deyvid Dimitrov (BUL)	0
	Taishi Horie (JPN)	3							Ulvu Ganizade (AZE)	10
	Ibragim Magomadov (KAZ)	7			Ibragim Magomadov (KAZ)	2
					Ulvu Ganizade (AZE)	4

Repechage

	Repechage round 1				Repechage round 2				Bronze medals
	Andrii Kulyk (UKR)	10			Andrii Kulyk (UKR)	8			Andrii Kulyk (UKR)	4
	Róbert Fritsch (HUN)	4			Kristupas Šleiva (LTU)	0			Ibrahim Ghanem (FRA)	3
					Ibragim Magomadov (KAZ)	4			Ibragim Magomadov (KAZ)	3
					Deyvid Dimitrov (BUL)	0			Selçuk Can (TUR)	3

Final standing

Rank	Athlete
	Ali Arsalan (SRB)
	Ulvu Ganizade (AZE)
	Andrii Kulyk (UKR)
	Selçuk Can (TUR)
5	Ibrahim Ghanem (FRA)
5	Ibragim Magomadov (KAZ)
7	Samuel Bellscheidt (GER)
8	Róbert Fritsch (HUN)
9	Alejandro Varela (GUA)
10	Valentin Petic (MDA)
11	Lee Ji-yeon (KOR)
12	Matias Lipasti (FIN)
13	Shmagi Bolkvadze (GEO)
14	Gevorg Sahakyan (POL)
15	Kristupas Šleiva (LTU)
16	Deyvid Dimitrov (BUL)
17	Mirzobek Rakhmatov (UZB)
18	Pavel Puklavec (CRO)
19	Mohammad Reza Mokhtari (IRI)
20	Taishi Horie (JPN)
21	Vikas Dalal (IND)
22	Benji Peak (USA)
23	Jakub Bielesz (CZE)
24	Arnaud Mambou (CGO)
—	Reagan Ndombasi (COD)

External links

• Official website